Afra Bianchin Scarpa

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Afra Bianchin Scarpa (born March 28, 1937 in Montebelluna ; † July 30, 2011 ) was an Italian architect and designer . Like her husband Tobia Scarpa , she studied at the University of Venice .

Afra Bianchin started her design career in 1958 with her husband in Murano . Many joint products have been created since 1960.

Group exhibitions

  • November 2004 - February 2005: Jewelry and design , Design Museum, Triennale Milan
  • June 2005: Italian Design Exhibit , Chicago
  • January 2006 - February 2006: Luxury in Living , Biltmore Fashion Park, Phoenix (USA)

literature

  • Antonio Piva: Afra e Tobia Scarpa: architetti e designers. Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, April 14-28, 1985. Mondadori, Milan 1985.
  • Daniel Boudinet: Papere sull 'architettura di Afra e Tobia Scarpa. In occasione della Mostra “Afra e Tobia Scarpa, Architetti e Designers”, Milano, Padiglione d'arte contemporanea, 14 March - 28 April 1985. Mondadori, Milan 1985.
  • Roberto Masiero: Afra e Tobia Scarpa: architetture. Electa, Milan 1996, ISBN 88-435-5465-4 . (Documenti di architettura, 96.)
  • Antonia Mulas (photographs), Marco Mulazzani (texts), Deyan Sudjic (introduction), Massimo Vignelli (design): Architecture for Benetton. Skira, Milan / Thames & Hudson, London 2004, ISBN 88-7624-126-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Addio ad Afra Scarpa, designer alter ego di Tobia , accessed on February 7, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Scarpa, Afra Bianchin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian architect and designer
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Montebelluna
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 2011